Game #5469
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 December 2018


Won
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Championship
Middlesbrough
Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 23,424
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Middlesbrough
0-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Yannick Bolasie | 64’ | Conor Hourihane | 83’ |
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 December 2018
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0 James Chester
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 2-0 Tammy Abraham, Assist by Yannick Bolasie
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Yannick Bolasie, Sub on, Jonathan Kodjia
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Glenn Whelan
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Tammy Abraham, Sub on, Scott Hogan
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 3-0 Glenn Whelan, Assist by Conor Hourihane
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 58%
Possession A | 42%
Shots F | 21
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 12
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 December 2018
Villa win again, their fourth victory in five unbeaten games as they make it seventeen goals in their last five.
Although Dean Smith has Villa purring, because of Villa’s poor start to the campaign under Steve Bruce they remain un 8th place outside the play-off places and well short of the top two automatic promotion spots. Bur Dean Smith has now delivered 5 wins in 8 league games scoring 18 goals compared to Steve Bruce’s record of 1 win in the 8 league games.
James Chester secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 115th appearance to make it W50 D33 L32, 11 Goals, 1 Assist, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Conor Hourihane secures his 40th win in a Villa shirt (84 Appearances, 72 Starts) to make it W40 D18 L26, 15 Goals, 11 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Jonathan Kodjia makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (60 Starts) to make it W32 D22 L21, 25 Goals, 6 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Glenn Whelan secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance (36 Starts) to make it W25 D12 L9, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Ørjan Nyland keeps his 5th clean sheet on his 18th appearance to make it W7 D6 L5, 26 Goals Conceded and 5 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Middlesbrough


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2003-04
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Seasons | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Game | #20 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Saturday, 1 December 2018
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Andy Davies | 🏴 | Hampshire, 2012-
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021
🕒 8 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 1 🟥 2 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy Davies | 🏴 | Hampshire, 2012-
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 18 Sep 18, Villa 2-0 Rotherham (h)
Incidents: 🟨
Assistants: Paul Hodskinson, James Wilson
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 George Friend
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Anwar El Ghazi returns for his first start under Dean Smith alongside Ahmed Elmohamady whilst Alan Hutton and Jonathan Kodjia drop out. Dominic Revan makes his first squad appearance of the season.
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.35 |
Oldest Player: RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 31.25 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 21.05 |
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MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021

Aston Villa
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Tony Pulis | 🏴 |

Middlesbrough
GK Darren Randolph | 🇮🇪 |
LB George Friend | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Danny Baath | 🏴 |
CB Dael Fry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Aden Flint | 🏴 |
M Adam Clayton | 🏴 |
M Jonny Howson | 🏴 |
M Marcus Tavernier | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Muhamed Bešić | 🇧🇦 | 🔁 |
W Stewart Downing (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Jordan Hugill | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | for W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | 73’ |
🔁 M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | for M John McGinn | 🏴 | 82’ |
🔁 F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | for CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Paddy McNair | 🇬🇧 | for CB Dael Fry | 🏴 | 59’ |
🔁 | CF Britt Assombalonga | 🇨🇩 | for M Muhamed Bešić | 🇧🇦 | 62’ |
🔁 | CF Martin Braithwaite | 🇩🇰 | for M Marcus Tavernier | 🏴 | 62’ |

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
CB Dominic Revan | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 🇬🇷 |
CB Daniel Ayala | 🇪🇸 |
M George Saville | 🇬🇧 |
M Lewis Wing | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 | | 75 | 15* | 25 | 5 | 32* | 22 | 21 | - | - | 10 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | | 108* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £26.10m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £22.59m
Team Cost: £48.69m
Squad Cost: £52.83m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 3/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £25.42m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £29.27m
Team Cost: £54.69m
Squad Cost: £61.74m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 2/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Dominic Revan | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | Loan |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | Loan |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | Loan |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Darren Randolph | 🇮🇪 | £4.80m |
GK Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 🇬🇷 | Free |
LB George Friend | 🏴 | £0.55m |
CB Aden Flint | 🏴 | £6.86m |
CB Paddy McNair | 🇬🇧 | £4.89m |
CB Daniel Ayala | 🇪🇸 | £0.36m |
CB Dael Fry | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Danny Baath | 🏴 | Loan |
M George Saville | 🇬🇧 | £6.69m |
M Jonny Howson | 🏴 | £4.84m |
M Adam Clayton | 🏴 | £1.60m |
M Marcus Tavernier | 🏴 | Youth |
M Lewis Wing | 🏴 | Free |
M Muhamed Bešić | 🇧🇦 | Loan |
W Stewart Downing (ex) | 🏴 | £6.77m |
CF Britt Assombalonga | 🇨🇩 | £14.66m |
CF Martin Braithwaite | 🇩🇰 | £9.72m |
CF Jordan Hugill | 🏴 | Loan |
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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 4 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
Out on Loan | 9 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Small Heath
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Charlton
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴 | Emmen
RB Mitch Clark | 🏴 | Port Vale
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | Kilmarnock
W André Green | 🏴 | Portsmouth
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | Hull
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Melbourne
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴 | Central Coast Mariners
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


